Wow. That's fascinating. - Roz Warren, Writing Coach

…y, this can happen even when the model is given an English input and is returning an English output. It will first translate the user’s prompt into Chinese, “think” about it in Chinese for a while, and then translate the response back into English.
OpenAI’s o1 Model Prefers to Think in Chinese. Here’s Why.
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Writing Coach Roz Warren (roSwarren@gmail.com) helps Medium writers craft better, more boost-able stories. Roz used to write for the New York Times.
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